We have explored Swedish medical social workers’ attitudes, beliefs, knowledge, and behavior concerning evidence-based practice (EBP) and investigated the properties of a questionnaire to measure EBP. One hundred seventy-four Swedish medical social workers within university hospital care and primary care participated in a cross-sectional survey. Our results showed positive attitudes toward EBP and the use of evidence to support clinical decision making. EBP was seen as necessary and something that needed to be implemented more often. The main barriers to implementing EBP were lack of time (78%), the perception that EBP does not take into account the limitations of the clinical practice setting (78%), and lack of knowledge about relevant research (46%).
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Social Work in Health Care
Volume 52, 2013 - Issue 10
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Evidence-Based Practice Among Swedish Medical Social Workers
Susanne Heiwe PhD RPT Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Sciences , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden ; Department of Physical Therapy , Karolinska University Hospital , Stockholm , Sweden Correspondencesusanne.heiwe@ki.se
, K. Nilsson-Kajermo PhD RN Clinical Research Utilization , Karolinska University Hospital , Stockholm , Sweden
, Mariann Olsson PhD MSW Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden ; Department of Social Work , Karolinska University Hospital , Stockholm , Sweden
, Catharina Gåfvels PhD MSW Department of Social Work , Karolinska University Hospital , Stockholm , Sweden
, K. Larsson PhD MSW Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden ; Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences , Uppsala University , Uppsala , Sweden
& Y. Wengström OCN PhD Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden
Pages 947-958
Received 14 Dec 2012
Accepted 08 Aug 2013
Published online: 20 Nov 2013
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